单词 | bumbie |
释义 | † bumbien. Scottish. derogatory. Obsolete. Probably either: a blundering or incompetent person; = bumbler n.1; (or) a lazy, feckless person; = bummill baty n.Both bumbler and bummill baty are attested in similar contexts in the same source as bumbie: see quot. a1585 at bumbler n.1 and quot. a1585 at bummill baty n.The reading of the passage in which bumbie is found is notably different in print editions published some years after Montgomerie's death: see bumble n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person caynard1303 sluggard1398 luskc1420 slugc1425 truantc1449 dawa1500 hummel?a1513 rook?a1513 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1523 dronea1529 draw latch1538 slim1548 slouk1570 do-nothing1579 bumbiea1585 do-little1586 lazybones1593 luskin1593 do-naught1594 loiter-sack1594 bed-presser1598 lazy lizard1600 lazy-back1611 fainéant1618 nothing-do1623 trivant1624 slothful1648 lolpoop1661 tool1699 haggis1822 lazy-boots1832 lazy-legs1838 poke1847 never-sweat1851 slob1876 bum1882 haggis bag1892 lollop1896 trouble-shirker1908 warb1933 fuck-off1948 poop-butt1967 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > person blundererc1440 blunt-workerc1440 botcher1440 bumblerc1530 bungler1533 haggler1577 bumbiea1585 tool1699 screw-up1944 foul-up1945 fuck-upc1945 omnishambles2009 a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 142 I tell þe, bumbie, ane doggis deid þow will die Quhen I sall syne sie the hung be þe heillis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1585 |
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